Coriolus hirsutus (Wulf. ex Fr.) Quél. syn. Trametes hirsuta (Wulf. ex Fr.) Pilát. Striegelige Tramete Polypore hirsute Bracket 4–10cm across, 2–6cm wide, 0.5–1cm thick, single or in overlapping groups; upper surface covered in silvery hairs, concentrically zoned and contoured, whitish to yellow-brown or grey when young, greying with age. Flesh tough and leathery, white. Taste bitter, smell slightly of aniseed when fresh. Tubes 1–5mm long, white to yellowish. Pores 2–4 per mm, subcircular, white at first later cream, often tinted grey. Spores whitish, ellipsoid to subcylindric, 5.5–7.5 x 1.5–2.5um. Hyphal structure trimitic. Habitat on dead wood of deciduous trees especially on fallen beech trunks in exposed situations. Season all year. Rare. Not edible. Found In Europe.